"ῥέθος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /r̥é.tʰos/, /ˈre.θos/, /ˈre.θos/, /r̥é.tʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈre.tʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈre.θos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈre.θos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈre.θos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Since the meaning "face, countenance", given as Aeolic by grammarians, is certain, we have to depart from this when explaining the word. Both an older Epic meaning "mouth" and "figure, body" seems possible (compare Latin ōs (“mouth; face”) and faciēs (“figure; face”)). An original meaning "nostril(s)" fits well, and the transition to "face, body" is unproblematic. The word has no convincing etymology. The lack of the ϝ- in Aeolic makes a connection with Sanskrit वर्धते (vardhate, “to grow, thrive”) difficult. Fraenkel's suggestion to connect ῥίς (rhís, “nose, snout”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”) is neither morphologically nor semantically convincing. Etymology templates: {{cog|la|ōs||mouth; face}} Latin ōs (“mouth; face”), {{unk|grc|title=no convincing etymology}} no convincing etymology, {{cog|sa|वर्धते||to grow, thrive}} Sanskrit वर्धते (vardhate, “to grow, thrive”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῥέθεος|n|third}} ῥέθος • (rhéthos) n (genitive ῥέθεος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῥέθος|εος}} Forms: rhéthos [romanization], ῥέθεος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ ῥέθος [nominative, singular], ῥέθεε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ῥέθεᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῥέθεος [genitive, singular], ῥεθέοιν [dual, genitive], ῥεθέων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῥέθεῐ̈ [dative, singular], ῥεθέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῥέθεσῐ [dative, plural], ῥέθεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs rhéthesĭ [dative, plural], toîs rhéthesĭn [dative, plural], τὸ ῥέθος [accusative, singular], ῥέθεε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ῥέθεᾰ [accusative, plural], ῥέθος [singular, vocative], ῥέθεε [dual, vocative], ῥέθεᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. (usually in the plural) limb, member Tags: plural-normally Synonyms: κῶλον, μέλος
    Sense id: en-ῥέθος-grc-noun-NvEpty7u Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 91 9
  2. (in the singular) face, countenance Tags: singular
    Sense id: en-ῥέθος-grc-noun-VTUotbYH Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ῥεθομᾱλῐ́δας (rhethomālĭ́das)
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    }
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        "1": "la",
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      ],
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        },
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          "face",
          "face"
        ],
        [
          "countenance",
          "countenance"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in the singular) face, countenance"
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/r̥é.tʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥é.tʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.tʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ῥέθος"
}
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/"
    },
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      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈre.tʰos/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈre.θos/",
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}

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